ME163 Komet- size of swastika?

I'm considering building the 1:48 Me163 Komet by Dragon models. But the kit doesn't have swastikas included, so I'll have to source these elsewhere. I have a number of spare Bf109 and FW190 decals...so I'm wondering if anyone could tell me if any of the swastikas from these kits can be used on the ME163? Would the size of a Bf109 or FW190 swastika be appropriate for the size of the ME163 swastika?

As far as I know, there was no one set size and variations did exist. Regs said that the swastika had to be at least 1/4 the height of the tail fin. Ullmann has a table showing swastika dimensions commonly used on FW 190's at 480 or 540 mm square, for the 109 315mm sqaure and for the 262 430mm sqaure. No data on the Me 163.

If you can get a good profile of your particular aircraft and know the o/a length of the aircraft, you can scale the swastika by converting your profile's dimensions mathematically to 1/48 scale and gettign the swastika size that way.

OK, I have looked a 4 Jagdwaffe profiles of Me 163's. Based on a 5.7m length and assuming the profiles are accurate (which they appear to be) then I scale 2 swastika sizes: 325mm and 265mm give or take. Those would be 6.8 and 5.5mm, respectively, in 1/48 scale.

It wouldnt help to look towards other fighters for style or scale as the markings were all put on in the different factories so size and placement and style did vary considerably.

Best to put as many komet photos together with their Werk numbers if possible (it could have changed per batch like other fighters) to get the best judgement on exactly what type, the size and where it needs to go.

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Yep... as Andy and me maentioned it above there wasn't any rule stating the swastika dimensions and where it should be applied on the B series. Those on prototypes and A type of the plane seem to be more standardized.

This is a pretty neat forum. I make my own decals, and right now I am making some swastikas for D-2600, a Junkers JU-52 that Hitler flew to Munich in. I usually "guesstimate" the size, but I see that you all get right down to the details.